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  Over 2000 years old terracotta artefact, Fertility goddess found at Chandraketugarh, 2nd-1st century BCE. (Ethnological Museum, Berlin)

  Over 2000 years old terracota artefact  'Shunga woman/mother with child' found from Chandraketugarh. Shunga Dynasty 2nd-1st century BCE.  [Image Courtesy and Copyright:  Musée Guimet. Personal photograph. Date: 3 April 2006 (according to Exif data) Source: No machine-readable source provided. Own work assumed (based on copyright claims) Author: No machine-readable author provided. World Imaging assumed (based on copyright claims)]

  Over 2000 years old terracota artefact 'Shunga fecondity' deity found from Chandraketugarh. Shunga Dynasty 2nd-1st century BCE.  [Image Courtesy and Copyright:  Musée Guimet. Personal photograph. Date: 3 April 2006 (according to Exif data) Source: No machine-readable source provided. Own work assumed (based on copyright claims) Author: No machine-readable author provided. World Imaging assumed (based on copyright claims)]

  Over 2000 years old terracotta artefact,  Shunga masculine figurine found from Chandraketugarh. Shunga Dynasty 2nd-1st century BCE.  [Image Courtesy and Copyright:  Musée Guimet. Personal photograph.  Date: 3 April 2006 (according to Exif data) Source: No machine-readable source provided. Own work assumed (based on copyright claims) Author: No machine-readable author provided. World Imaging assumed (based on copyright claims)]

  Chandraketugarh is an archaeological site located beside the Bidyadhari river, about 35 kilometres (22 mi) north-east of Kolkata, India, in the district of North 24 parganas, near the township of Berachampa and the Harua Road railhead.  Excavation between 1957-68 (conducted by Asutosh Museum of Indian Art) revealed relics of several historical periods, although the chronological classification of the relics remains incomplete. According to some historians, the Chandraketugarh site and surrounding area could be the place known to ancient Greek and Roman writers as having the same name as the river Ganges (Γάγγης) sometimes referred to as 'Gangaridai'. Chandraketu's Fort is included in the List of Monuments of National Importance in West Bengal by the Archaeological Survey of India (serial no. N-WB-1). Chandraketugarh is thought to be a part of the ancient kingdom Gangaridai that was first described by Ptolemy. The history of Chandraketugarh dates back to almost the 3rd cen...

  The mound of Khana-Mihir or Baraha-Mihir on Prithiba road, Berachampa, North 24 Parganas, WB.  Part of the ancient archeological site of Chandraketugarh, which is thought to be a part of the ancient kingdom of Gangaridai that was first described by Ptolemy.  The legend of Khana (A medieval Bengali language poet and legendary astrologer between the ninth and 12th centuries AD, also named Lilavati elsewhere) centers around her association with Chandraketugarh (here, a mound has been discovered amongst ruins with the names of Khana and Mihir associated with it) and that she was the daughter-in-law of the famous astronomer and mathematician, Varāhamihira (505 – 587), also called Varaha or Mihira, a jewel among Chandragupta II Vikramaditya's famed Navaratna sabha. It is widely believed that Khana was Varahamihira's daughter-in-law, and an accomplished astrologer, becoming thereby a potential threat to Varahamihira's scientific career. However, she exceeded him in the accurac...

  Located in Haroa (Berachampa) of North 24 Parganas district in WB, the Pir Gorachand Dargah is yet another Hindu temple that has either been fully converted to a dargah or has been established on a temple site using construction materials of temple.  Upon inspection one can clearly see a swastika that has been painted green and a little changes have been made to the design. The wall decorations and perforations also do not abide by Islamic laws and show Hindu influence. 

Hindu Temples – What Happened to Them(Vol I) Book by  Sita Ram Goel, Arun Shourie, Harsh Narain, Jay Dubashi and Ram Swarup.  Voice of India. 1990. The first volume includes a list of 2,000 mosques that were built on Hindu temples, based primarily on the books of Muslim historians of the period or inscriptions found on mosques. The second volume excerpts from medieval histories and chronicles and from inscriptions concerning the destruction of Hindu, Jain and Buddhist temples. The authors claim that the material presented in the book as "the tip of an iceberg". The book contains chapters about the Ayodhya debate. The appendix of the first volume contains a list of temple-destructions and atrocities that the authors claim took place in Bangladesh in 1989. The book also criticizes Marxist historians, and one of the appendices of the second volume includes a questionnaire for "Marxist professors", one of which the authors sent to well-known Indian historian Romila Thap...

  Hazrat Pir Ekdil Shah Dargah Sharif in  Kazipara, Barasat, North 24 Parganas has been built on a temple site. 

  Partition of Bengal and After. The Great Tragedy of India Book by Kali Prasad Mukhopadhyay Indiana University: Reference Press, 2007 This book is a comprehensive history of the Partition and its impact in the life and property of the minorities, especially in East Pakistan, now Bangladesh. ‘Partition, Bengal and After’ examines the horrific atrocities committed against innocent unarmed persons. The book offers eyewitness accounts of the genocide, pangs, and pathos of the minorities, which is still continuing in Bangladesh.